- Mar152023Emilia Lounela
Discourses of Violence in Incel Online Discussions After the Plymouth Shooting
in InsightsIntroduction In August 2021, a young man attacked and killed his mother in Plymouth, UK. He then left his home,…
- Nov262022Dr Alexandra Phelan
Online Platforms as Gendered Sites: Why We Should Pay Attention to Women-Only Forums
This Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series in partnership with Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre. This series…
- Nov092022Brenna Helm
The Role of Perceived Injustice and Need for Esteem on Incel Membership Online
in InsightsIntroduction Incels, or involuntary celibates, is an increasingly popular subculture of men nestled within the online misogynist and male supremacist…
- Oct032022Dr. Lewys Brace
Extremist Influencers: Hyper- and Super-Posters in Extremist Forums
in InsightsInvestigating Posting Behaviour in Extremist Online Spaces The growing concern over online extremist radicalisation has driven increased interest in the…
- Sep082022Dr. Ryan Scrivens
Right-Wing Extremists’ Use of the Internet: Emerging Trends in the Empirical Literature
in InsightsIntroduction Close attention by journalists and policymakers to the widespread use of the Internet by violent Western (i.e., American, Canadian,…
- Aug152022Maeve Park
Understanding The Incel Experience Online
in InsightsIncel, short for ‘involuntarily celibate’, is self-identification used exclusively by cis-gender, straight males who congregate exclusively in online spaces, and…
- May092022Dr. Ryan Scrivens
Differentiating Online Posting Behaviours of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists
in InsightsThere is an ongoing need for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to detect and assess online posting behaviours of violent extremists…
- Sep212021Dr. Garth Davies
The Potential Effects of COVID-19 on Radicalisation to Violent Extremism
in Coronavirus, InsightsOn 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the newly discovered coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to be a pandemic.…
- Mar102021Dr. Ryan Scrivens
Comparing the Online Posting Behaviours of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists
in InsightsDespite the ongoing need for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to identify and assess the online activities of violent extremists prior…
- Dec072020Dr. Ryan Scrivens
Assessing the Impact of U.S. Presidential Election Results on Extreme Right-Wing Mobilisation Online
in InsightsResearch has overwhelmingly found that central offline events influence online activity and highlight an important interaction between people’s on- and…
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